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My kitchen is going in this Wednesday and we've picked Laminex Diamond Gloss White Valencia. The kitchen guys reckon its pretty sturdy. As everyone else said you just need to use a little common sense when working on the benchtop.
My kitchen also went in Wednesday although we picked Laminex Diamond Gloss Catalana marble and must say
it looks AWSOME, we are in love. Also agree with the above about using common sense with ALL benchtops!